Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2014; 46(S 01): E437-E438
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1377427

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Atypical melanosis coli resembling the appearance of cheetah skin

Israel Grilo

¹Digestive Diseases Department, Hospital de Alta Resolución de Écija, APS Bajo Guadalquivir, Sevilla, Spain

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Javier Torres-Gómez

²Anatomic Pathology Department, Hospital de Alta Resolución de Écija, APS Bajo Guadalquivir, Sevilla, Spain

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Leonor Gómez-Regife

¹Digestive Diseases Department, Hospital de Alta Resolución de Écija, APS Bajo Guadalquivir, Sevilla, Spain

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3 Benavides SH, Morgante PE, Monserrat AJ et al. The pigment of melanosis coli: a lectin histochemical study. Gastrointest Endosc 1997; 46: 131-138